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Act 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James
the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

This may be the same upper room used by Jesus and His disciples for the Last Supper (Mark 14:15;
Luke 22:11-12). Upper rooms were common in the time in which Jesus lived, and were usually
owned by people who would rent them out for special occasions.

Act 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Along with the eleven disciples are the women who followed Jesus and ministered to Him
(Matthew 27:55-56; Luke 8:3). Also present are Jesus’ mother and two half-brothers, James and
Joses (Joseph Jr.) (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3).

Act 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of
names together were about an hundred and twenty,) and said, Act 1:16 Men and brethren, this
scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake
before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

Peter’s address all “men” is to all in the upper room. “Brethren” addresses the other ten
disciples.
Act 1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Act 1:18 Now
this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in
the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

After Judas had hung himself (Matthew 27:5), no one cut him down. The rope eventually ride
and broke, and Judas’s decayed body burst apart and his inner parts gushed out.

Act 1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in
their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their
proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Act 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man
dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein:
and his bishopric (oversight) let another take.

Act 1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus
went in and out among us,

Act 1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us,
must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.